In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ The command of God is coming, so seek not to hasten it. Glory¹ be to Him! And exalted is He above that to which they ascribe a partnership!²

² He sends down the angels with the Spirit of His command upon whom He wills of His servants: “Warn that there is no god save I; so be in prudent fear¹ of Me.”

³ He created the heavens and the earth in truth;¹ exalted is He above that to which they ascribe a partnership!²

⁴ He created man from a sperm-drop — and then is he an open disputant.

⁵ And the cattle, He created them (for you therein are warmth and benefits; and of them you eat,

⁶ And for you therein is comeliness when you bring them home to rest, and when you take them out to pasture;

⁷ And they bear your loads to a land you could not have reached save with great trouble to yourselves; your Lord is kind and merciful.)

⁸ And horses, and mules, and donkeys for you to ride, and as adornment; and He creates what you know not.

⁹ And upon¹ God is the course of the path; and some of them² deviate.³ And had He willed, He would have guided you all together.

¹⁰ He it is that sends down from the sky water for you; from it is drink; and from it are plants¹ in which you put out to pasture;

¹¹ He causes to grow for you thereby the crops, and the olives, and the date-palms, and the grapevines, and every¹ fruit. In that is a proof² for people who reflect.

¹² And He made subject for you the night, and the day, and the sun, and the moon; and the stars are made subject by His command — in that are proofs¹ for people who reason —

¹³ As is¹ what He created² for you in the earth of different hues; in that is a proof³ for people who take heed.

¹⁴ And He it is that made subject the sea, that you might eat therefrom fresh flesh, and bring forth therefrom ornaments which you wear — and thou seest the ships¹ ploughing therein — and that you might seek of His bounty, and that you might be grateful.

¹⁵ And He cast into the earth firm mountains lest it sway with you; and rivers and ways, that you might be guided;

¹⁶ And landmarks; and by the star¹ are they guided.

¹⁷ Is then He who¹ creates like one who creates not? Will you then not² take heed!

¹⁸ And if you should count the favour of God, you will not calculate it; God is forgiving and merciful.

¹⁹ And God knows what you keep secret and what you make known.

²⁰ And those to whom they call, besides¹ God, create not anything, but they are created:

²¹ Dead, not living; and they perceive not when they will be raised.

²² Your God is One God. And those who believe not in¹ the Hereafter, their hearts deny,² and they have waxed proud.

²³ Without doubt, God knows what they keep secret and what they make known; He loves not those that wax proud.

²⁴ And when it is said to them: “What is it your Lord sent down?” they say: “Legends of the former peoples,”

²⁵ That they might bear their burdens in full on the Day of Resurrection, and some of the burdens of those whom they lead astray without knowledge. In truth,¹ evil is what they will bear.

²⁶ Those before them schemed; then God came at their building from the foundations so the roof fell down on them from above them; and the punishment came upon them whence¹ they perceived not.

²⁷ Then on the Day of Resurrection will He disgrace them, and say: “Where are My partners¹ for whom² you were hostile?”³ Those given knowledge will say: “Disgrace this day, and evil, are upon the false claimers of guidance:⁴

²⁸ “Those whom the angels take while wronging their souls.” Then they will offer submission: “We were not doing any evil.”¹ — “Verily,² God knows what you did,

²⁹ “So enter the gates of Gehenna, abiding eternally therein.” Evil is the dwelling of those that wax proud.

³⁰ And it will be said to those who were in prudent fear:¹ “What did your Lord send down?” They will say: “Good.” For those who do good in the World there is good; and the home of the Hereafter is better: — and how excellent is the home of those of prudent fear!² —

³¹ Gardens of perpetual abode which they will enter, beneath which rivers flow, wherein they have whatever they will. Thus does God reward those of prudent fear:¹

³² Those whom the angels take while virtuous.¹ They will say: “Peace be upon you! Enter the Garden because of what you did.”

³³ Look they save for the angels to come to them, or for the command of thy Lord to come? Thus did those before them; and God wronged them not, but they wronged their souls,

³⁴ And there befell them the evil deeds¹ that they did, and there surrounded them that whereat they mocked.

³⁵ And those who ascribe a partnership¹ say: “Had God willed, we would not have served, besides² Him, anything — neither we nor our fathers — nor would we have forbidden anything contrary to³ Him”;⁴ thus did those before them. Then is there upon⁵ the messengers save the clear notification?

³⁶ And We raised up in every community a messenger: “Serve God and avoid idols.”¹ And among them was he whom God guided; and among them was he upon whom misguidance was binding.² So travel in the earth and see how was the final outcome of the deniers.

³⁷ Though¹ thou desire their guidance, God will not guide him whom He leaves to stray; and they have no helpers.

³⁸ And they swear by God their strongest oaths: “God will not raise up him who dies.” Verily,¹ it is a promise binding upon² Him, — but most men know not —

³⁹ That He might make plain¹ to them that wherein they differ, and that those who ignore warning² might know that they were liars.

⁴⁰ Our word to a thing when We intend it is that We but say to it: “Be thou,” and it is.

⁴¹ And those who have emigrated in the cause of God after they were wronged, We will settle them handsomely in the World: — and the reward of the Hereafter is greater, if they but knew —

⁴² Those who are patient, and in their Lord place their trust.

⁴³ And We sent before thee only men to whom We revealed¹ — so ask the people of the remembrance,² if you know not —

⁴⁴ With the clear signs and the writings.¹ And We sent down to thee the remembrance,² that thou make plain³ to mankind what has been sent down to them, and that they might reflect.

⁴⁵ Do they who plot evil deeds¹ feel secure that God will not cause the earth to swallow them, or that the punishment will not come upon them whence² they perceive not,

⁴⁶ Or that He will not seize them in their going to and fro, and they be unable to escape,

⁴⁷ Or that He will not seize them through slow decay?¹ And your Lord is kind and merciful.

⁴⁸ Have they not seen¹ what things God has created turning their shadows to the right and the left in submission² to God, in all humility?

⁴⁹ And to God submits¹ what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, among creatures and the angels. And they wax not proud;

⁵⁰ They fear their Lord above them, and do what they are commanded.

⁵¹ And God said: “Take not two gods. He is but One God; and Me — be you in fear of Me.”

⁵² And to Him belongs what is in the heavens and the earth, and His is the doctrine¹ forever. Will you then be in prudent fear² of other than God?

⁵³ And whatever you have of favour, it is from God; then when affliction touches you, then to Him do you cry out.

⁵⁴ Then when He has removed the affliction from you, then a faction among you ascribes a partnership¹ to their Lord,

⁵⁵ That they might deny what We have given them. So enjoy yourselves ­— and you will come to know.

⁵⁶ And they assign to what they know not a portion of what We have provided them.¹ By God, you will be questioned about what you invented!

⁵⁷ And they appoint for God daughters — glory¹ be to Him! — but they have what they desire;²

⁵⁸ And when one of them receives tidings of a female, his face darkens and he suppresses grief.

⁵⁹ He hides himself from the people because of the evil¹ of that whereof he had tidings — whether to hold it in contempt, or bury it in the dust. In truth,² evil is what they judge.

⁶⁰ For those who believe not in¹ the Hereafter is the likeness of evil. And for God is the highest likeness; and He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.²

⁶¹ And were God to take men to task for their injustice, He would not leave upon it¹ any creature; but He delays them to a stated term. And when their term comes, they will not defer an hour, nor will they advance.

⁶² And they assign to God what they dislike;¹ and their tongues describe the lie that they will have the best. Without doubt, they will have the Fire, and they will be rushed in.²

⁶³ By God, We sent messengers to communities before thee! But the satan¹ made their deeds fair to them; and he is their ally this day, and they have a painful punishment.

⁶⁴ And We sent down the Writ¹ upon thee only that thou make plain² to them that wherein they differ, and as guidance, and as a mercy for people who believe.

⁶⁵ And God sends down from the sky water and gives life thereby to the earth after its death. In that is a proof¹ for people who hear.

⁶⁶ And you have in the cattle a lesson: We give you to drink of what is in its bellies¹ — between excreta and blood — pure milk, palatable to the drinkers.

⁶⁷ And of the fruits of the date-palms and grapevines: you take therefrom an intoxicant, and goodly provision. In that is a proof¹ for people who reason.

⁶⁸ And thy Lord instructed¹ the bee: “Take thou houses of the mountains, and of the trees, and of what they construct.

⁶⁹ “Then eat thou of every¹ fruit, and follow thou the ways of thy Lord gently.” There comes out of their bellies a drink differing in its hues wherein is healing for men. In that is a proof² for people who reflect.

⁷⁰ And God created you; then will He take you.¹ And among you is he who is sent back to the most abject age, so that he knows not, after knowledge, anything. God is knowing and powerful.

⁷¹ And God has favoured some of you over others in provision, but those favoured will not give over their provision to those whom their right hands possess,¹ that they be equal therein;² is it then the favour of God they reject?

⁷² And God has appointed for you from yourselves wives, and has appointed for you from your wives sons and grandsons, and has provided you of good things. Is it then in vanity that they believe, and the favour of God they deny

⁷³ And serve rather than¹ God what possesses no provision for them among the heavens or the earth at all, and can do nothing?²

⁷⁴ So strike not similitudes for God;¹ God knows, and you know not.

⁷⁵ God strikes a similitude: — a slave owned, not having power over anything, and him whom We provided with goodly provision from Us and he spends thereof secretly and openly. Are they equal? Praise belongs to God! But¹ most of them know not.

⁷⁶ And God strikes a similitude: — two men: one of them¹ dumb, not having power over anything, and a burden on his master:² wherever he directs him, he brings no good. Is he equal with one who enjoins justice, and is on a straight path?

⁷⁷ And to God belongs the unseen of the heavens and the earth. And the matter of the Hour is only as the twinkling of the eye, or even¹ nearer; God is over all things powerful.

⁷⁸ And God brought you forth from the wombs of your mothers not knowing anything, and appointed for you hearing and sight and hearts,¹ that you might be grateful.

⁷⁹ Have they not considered the birds made subject in the air of the sky? There holds them only God; in that are proofs¹ for people who believe.

⁸⁰ And God made for you from your houses a place of rest; and He made for you from the hides of cattle houses which you find light on the day of your journey and on the day of your sojourn; and of their wool and their fur and their hair furnishing and enjoyment¹ for a time.

⁸¹ And God appointed for you of what He has created shades,¹ and made for you of the mountains places of refuge, and made for you garments to protect you from the heat, and garments to protect you from your might. Thus does He complete His favour upon you, that you might submit.

⁸² And if they turn away, upon thee is only the clear notification.

⁸³ They recognise the favour of God, then they deny it; and most of them are false claimers of guidance.¹

⁸⁴ And the day We raise up from every community a witness, then no leave will be given those who ignore warning¹ nor will they be allowed to make amends.

⁸⁵ And when those who do wrong see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be granted respite.

⁸⁶ And when those who ascribe a partnership¹ see their partners,² they will say: “Our Lord: these are our partners³ to whom we called, rather than⁴ to Thee.” But they will cast at them the word: “You are liars!”

⁸⁷ And they will offer God submission, that day, but strayed from them will be what they invented.

⁸⁸ Those who ignore warning¹ and turn away from² the path of God, We will increase them in punishment over the punishment for what they wrought of corruption.

⁸⁹ And the day We raise in every community a witness against them from themselves, and We bring thee as a witness against these[...].¹ And We sent down the Writ² upon thee as a clarification of all things, and as guidance, and as a mercy, and as glad tidings for those submitting.³

⁹⁰ God commands justice, and good conduct, and giving to relatives, and forbids sexual immorality,¹ and perversity,² and sectarian zealotry.³ He admonishes you, that you might take heed.

⁹¹ And fulfil the covenant of God¹ when you make a covenant; then break not oaths after their confirmation when you have made God your surety;² God knows what you do.

⁹² And be not like her who breaks her thread after it was strong into fibres, taking your oaths¹ as a deception between you because one community is more numerous than another community.² God but tries you thereby; and He will make plain³ to you on the Day of Resurrection that wherein you differed.

⁹³ And had God willed, He would have made you one community; but He sends whom He wills astray, and guides whom He wills;¹ and you will be questioned about what you did.

⁹⁴ And take not your oaths as a deception between you lest a foot slip after its being firm and you taste evil for turning away from¹ the path of God, and for you there be a great punishment.

⁹⁵ And sell not the covenant of God¹ at a cheap price; what is with God is better for you, if you would know.

⁹⁶ What is with you has an end, and what is with God remains; and We will pay those who are patient their reward according to the best of what they did.

⁹⁷ Whoso works righteousness, whether male or female, and is a believer:¹ him will We make live a good life; and We will reward them according to the best of what they did.

⁹⁸ And when thou recitest the Qur’an,¹ seek thou refuge in God from the accursed satan²

⁹⁹ (He has no authority over those who heed warning¹ and in their Lord place their trust;

¹⁰⁰ His authority is but over those who take him for ally and those who ascribe a partnership¹ to him.²)

¹⁰¹ And when¹ We change² by a proof³ the place of a proof;⁴ and God best knows what He sends down.⁵ They say: “Thou art but inventing.”⁶ The truth is,⁷ most of them know not.

¹⁰² Say thou: “The Spirit of Holiness brought it down from thy Lord in truth,¹ that it might strengthen those who heed warning,² and as guidance and glad tidings for those submitting.”³

¹⁰³ And We know that they say: “A man¹ but teaches him.” The tongue to which they incline is foreign, but this is a clear Arabic tongue.

¹⁰⁴ Those who believe not in¹ the proofs² of God: God will not guide them, and they have a painful punishment

¹⁰⁵ — They but invent lies¹ who believe not in² the proofs³ of God — and it is they who are the liars.

¹⁰⁶ Whoso denies God after his faith[...]¹ — save he who is compelled thereto but whose heart finds rest in faith; but whoso expands his breast to denial, upon them is wrath from God; and they have a great punishment.

¹⁰⁷ Is it not that¹ they chose the life of this world over the Hereafter, and that God guides not the people of the false claimers of guidance!²

¹⁰⁸ Those are they whose hearts God has sealed, and their hearing and their sight; and it is they who are the heedless;

¹⁰⁹ Without doubt, in the Hereafter they are the losers.

¹¹⁰ Then thy Lord — to those who emigrate after they are subjected to means of denial,¹ then strive and are patient — thy Lord, after that, is forgiving and merciful²

¹¹¹ The day every soul comes pleading for itself, and every soul is repaid in full for what it did; and they will not be wronged.

¹¹² And God strikes a similitude: — a city secure, at peace, its provision coming to it in abundance from every side; but it denied the favours of God, then God let it taste the cloak¹ of hunger and fear because of what they wrought.

¹¹³ And a messenger from among them had come to them, then they denied him;¹ then the punishment took them while they were wrongdoers.²

¹¹⁴ So eat of what God has provided you, lawful and good; and be grateful for the favour of your Lord if it be Him you serve.

¹¹⁵ He has but made unlawful to you carrion, and blood, and the flesh of swine, and that dedicated to other than God; but whoso is forced, neither desiring nor transgressing: God is forgiving and merciful.

¹¹⁶ And add¹ not to what your tongues describe the lie: “This is lawful, and this is unlawful,”² to invent lies³ about God; those who invent lies⁴ about God will not succeed:

¹¹⁷ A brief enjoyment, and they have a painful punishment.

¹¹⁸ And to those who hold to Judaism¹ We made unlawful what We related to thee before; and We wronged them not, but they wronged their souls.

¹¹⁹ Then thy Lord — to those who did evil through ignorance then repented after that and made right — thy Lord, after that,¹ is forgiving and merciful.

¹²⁰ Abraham was a leader,¹ humbly obedient to God, inclining to truth;² and he was not of the idolaters:³

¹²¹ One grateful for His favours; He chose him, and guided him to a straight path.

¹²² And We gave him good in the World, and in the Hereafter he will be among the righteous.

¹²³ Then We instructed¹ thee: “Follow thou the creed of Abraham, inclining to truth;² and he was not of the idolaters.”³

¹²⁴ The Sabbath was only appointed for those who differed concerning it;¹ and thy Lord will judge between them on the Day of Resurrection concerning that wherein they differed.

¹²⁵ Invite thou to the path of thy Lord with wisdom¹ and comely admonition, and dispute thou with them with that which is best. Thy Lord, He best knows him who strays from His path; and He best knows the guided.

¹²⁶ And if you retaliate,¹ then retaliate with the like of that wherewith you are harmed; but if you are patient, it is better for the patient.

¹²⁷ And be thou patient; and thy patience is only through God. And grieve thou not over them, nor be thou in distress over what they scheme.

¹²⁸ God is with those of prudent fear,¹ and those who are doers of good.